On Friday May 6th the grade 4s went on an excursion to the Botanic Gardens. When we got there we had recess then we headed off on our tour. We looked at some plants like horse’s tongue on the way to our first stop. …

Hand-On Science visited our again school on Tuesday, this time putting on a wonderful experience with Solids and Liquids for our Year Threes. The students were able to conduct a range of tests and experiments on various substances, learning about the three earthly States of Matter, categorising substances and investigating their properties. Students learned about melting points, viscosity, adding and removing heat and changes in state.…

Last Thursday, the 28th of April, IEPS ran the annual cross country race down at Chelsworth Park. A big congratulations to all students who completed the race, it was great to see the vast majority of students give their best around the course. In addition to this, thank you to all of the parents that came down and helped out in any way as well as those that came down to spectate. Your support is always much appreciated. Finally thank you to the staff and in particular Hilda for helping out. Good luck to all of those who have made it through to District Cross Country for your race at Banyule Flats on the 17th of May.

On Thursday the 10th of March Ivanhoe East Primary School was a sea of colour. Students and teachers came dressed in brightly coloured clothes, accessories and some interesting hair styles all to raise money for Colour for Cancer day. An amazing grand total in excess of $720 was raised to go toward helping children who suffer from cancer. Thanks must go to the Colour for Cancer committee, a dedicated group of Grade 6 students, who advertised the event and collected money on the day.…

Friday the 4th of March was Clean Up Australia Day. This year our effort was even better than last year’s! An estimated 572,406 volunteers including the students of IEPS picked up rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day. The year fives headed down to the Ivanhoe shops and picked up a whopping 1713 pieces of rubbish. The whole school picked up a massive amount of rubbish around the school and in the local area. As a school we picked up 5028 pieces of rubbish and we hope we made a big contribution to the rest of Australia and the environment. It is great to know we removed all the rubbish from our school, but it is sad to know that there was so much rubbish to begin with. Congratulations to 6P for winning the raffle, we hope you enjoy the icy-poles (and we hope we don’t find wrappers on the grounds - there are a lot of bins near the canteen).…